In Texas, approximately half a million residents can face completely legal housing discrimination due to their criminal records. Texas has the highest incarceration rate of “any other democracy” according to the Prison Policy Initiative. When members of this population of 251,000 are released, they face barriers in finding affordable housing across the state, including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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